Bad Herrenalb is characterised by ancient hydrological and geological natural forces that formed in the earth’s history 245 million years ago and are still noticeable today through a positive attractive energy. In many places around the village – especially at the Falkenstein rock in the immediate vicinity of the SCHWARZWALD PANORAMA – this vibrational primal energy is particularly noticeable. Here you will find a place of power that lies directly above the junction of the two primeval continents of Gondwana and Laurussia and is considered to be one of the few outcroppings of the Variscan mountain ranges to come to light in Europe.This extraordinary energetic quality of Bad Herrenalb, the healing climatic conditions, naturally pure spring water and time-honoured local medicinal plants were already appreciated and used by the monks of the Cistercian Order from the 12th century. Their monasteries are generally regarded as places of vitality and spirit. This is the only explanation for the fact that a pine tree, now 200 years old, grows and thrives on the archway of the Herrenalb monastery ruins against all biological laws, that there are an unusually large number of twin trees to be discovered in the surrounding area and that more than 50 cold springs allow water to emerge directly from the depths. You can find more interesting details about the extraordinary location of our hotel here. Read more about the healing waters in Bad Herrenalb.